Sidebar: Changes and Improvements Made at CLC

Dec 13, 2011

A physician practice management firm worked with Cardiologists L.C. (CLC) to make several changes and improvements in the following four areas: organizational, patient and physician relations, culture and operations.

Organizational Changes

Completed management team assessment and coordinated restructuring

Recruited new director of clinical services and new group practice administrator

Developed and implemented new governance matrix

Developed and implemented executive committee election/term policy

Developed and implemented a slowdown policy for practice physicians to support retirement transitions and physician recruitment activities

Developed a plan and negotiated an agreement with The Finley Hospital for a satellite clinic

Developed a provider-based billing implementation plan

Developed a Heart Failure Program that facilitated closer alignment with St. Luke's Hospital

Developed an agreement for the training of three CLC physicians at the Eastern Iowa Sleep Center

Developed a strategy to increase vascular business and purchased three vascular disease management for deployment

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